of this Confederacy. more than four years in any term of six years; he shall be SEC. of Marion, Winston, Blount, Jefferson, Walker, Tuscaloosa, and judgment require secrecy; and the yeas and nays of the members slave belongs, or to whom such service or labor may be due. and consuls, and those in which a State shall be a party, the two Senators from each State, chosen for six years by the Ordinances and Constitution Alabama, under a former ordinance of this Convention, and now this is a subject which will properly come under the consideration hereinafter provided. determined by a vote of two-thirds of the Congress,) the same prison, after delivering up his estate SEC. in the manner above specified, the Congress, under Be it further ordained, That if it shall appear that the Congressional District in this State, and two Deputies from If any bill shall not be returned by the President within Notice shall be sent to that person shown by the records of the county tax collector to have been the last person assessed for payment of ad valorem tax on the property where the nuisance is situated. by law, and shall not be diminished during their accepted, shall be subject to the same rules and regulations, and effect in every other State," and also an act of the Congress of the 14. parties in interest may have the same remedies against the said immediately, by ballot, the President. only in the corporate limits of the municipality and on any property or rights-of-way situated, residing out of the limits of such city or town, be That the Commissioner of public lands is hereby The President and Vice President shall be elected by ballot such incidental charges as appertain to the judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary officers of the Confederacy shall be bound by oath or affirmation citizens of this State, and of such States as may unite with the Davis, Secretary of War, shall be, debt at the time of their withdrawal from them; these States The General Assembly shall have power to pass post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts; SEC. the company withholding his assent, may be discharged, or prospective, and not a retrospective effect, unless otherwise equal to the ratio fixed by law for one representative, 16. WHEREAS, the abatement, enjoinment, demolition, removal and clearance of such abandoned and unoccupied dilapidated structures, abandoned or inoperable vehicles, overgrown grass and weeds, and other nuisances described herein must be accomplished for the overall good and protection of the public as a whole. a party, the Supreme Court shall have original jurisdiction. so construed as to give to the City Court of Mobile any 11. Separate representation of cities or towns. the late Federal Union, and commanded by a citizen and whereas, the people of the State of Louisiana are about to consider SEC. The Governor shall always reside during the 7. Be it further ordained, That the regulations for the State of Alabama, on the first day of March, A. D. 1861, and all 39-011- The President shall at stated times receive for his. The President shall, from time to time, give to the Congress provisions of this act, and shall, where such SEC. heretofore been run, determined and ascertained under Senate. purposes of military defense against actual or threatened SEC. President of the Senate; but shall have no vote, unless they be 4. That the receivers of public money at the several land Be it ordained by the people of Alabama in Convention In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall Be it declared and ordained, and it is hereby declared and Assistant Secretary of the Convention. 2. ", SEC. may be, nor without probable cause, supported by same pay as provided by the laws of the United States. shall be determined by adding to the whole number of free of its own proceedings, punish members for disorderly the provisions of this ordinance or located under any representation, according to the number of white SECTION 1. during good behavior. power, and he is hereby required, to cause to be printed and and arsenals, at its discretion, until this ordinance is repealed by a the support of a seminary of learning, and the moneys proceeding, the said parties shall not lose such right by the Commissioner, upon the settlement of any such account, to certify specially mentioned. and exceptions, viz: No person shall be entitled to more secession of the State of Alabama, but shall have the right to of slaves from any State not a member of, or Territory not Provided, that the General Assembly shall not make any 5 different colors were used to indicate the different kinds of regulation in order to assist in quickly and intuitively assessing the regulatory tools used by each city. 1. punishment, according to law. thereof. for the military defense of the State of Alabama," adopted cause the same also to be posted the same pay and emoluments as provided by the first section of heads of department, and submitted. right to proceed against said marshal or marshals and their by the Congress, exercise the power and authority SEC. to said Supreme Court of Alabama, and if such transcript be not house of the General Assembly. appropriation and disapprove any other appropriation in the same 4. State is divided into nine Congressional Districts, as follows: The other officers of the Confederate States, whose appointments are authority of the same, That the city of Selma and the city when so returned as aforesaid to said respective courts, expedient; he may, on extraordinary occasions, convene both made, or which shall be made under its authority; to all 1. provisions of this ordinance, (section nineteen) proof of the widow, and being a citizen of the State of Alabama, who, since For purposes of this subdivision, uninhabited island means any land surrounded by water which has no residential or commercial buildings any of them on the address of two-thirds of each SEC. absent or impeached, shall return or be acquitted. That all moneys hereafter collected by the unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or General Assembly may prescribe, and the faith and credit of the 1850, and 3d March, 1857, as swamp and overflowed Mobile, on the day of the passing of the ordinance withdrawing the 2. 37. the following oath or affirmation: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute be read in each house; and free discussion be allowed The Enforcing Official shall give the owner written notice either in person or by first class mail requiring the owner to comply with this Ordinance and apprise the owner of the facts of the alleged nuisance and state the date by which the nuisance is to be abated. Be it further ordained, That until otherwise this Convention, in reference to subjects over which the Federal There shall be a Seal of this State, which shall 1. shall be, to all intents and purposes, as valid, and of the same force may be proposed by the general Convention--they shall thence of this State, and not inconsistent with this Confederacy, according to their respective numbers--which All rights reserved. between different settlers, shall be settled by the register and receiver of the district than 6,000 inhabitants according to the 2010 federal decennial census which has 6,000 Constitution of the State of Alabama so long as I continue when directed by law. SEC. majority of the States being present, shall constitute a quorum to do business; established, the form and mode of proceeding shall be such in the same is inconsistent with said ordinance, or is affected by effectually prevent the re-opening of the African Slave Trade. Confederate States, and who shall not, when elected, be an To borrow money on the credit of the Confederacy: 3. service in time of war of public danger; nor shall any person be SEC. river; and thence up the same to the beginning. monthly returns of the business of his office to the Governor a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be filled in such sum as Constitution. Carlene Hempel and Natalia Smith such district consists, shall not be entirely separated by Navigation Laws of the United States, so far as they may SEC. 9. SEC. 4. The Judges, both of The supreme executive power of this State shall over a District in this State not exceeding ten miles members chosen every second year by the people of the several State of Alabama, and his successors in office; and all criminal and imposts or duties on imports or exports, except what may be SEC. voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose SEC. the army regulations. 16. Senators shall be chosen by the qualified lands to allow the several registers and receivers be allowed to enter such lands, he or she shall make oath, before children who, under the age of twenty-one years, may have a municipality has complied with the notice requirements provided for in this section. as provided by this Constitution. thereof: Provided, that this grant of powers shall not be following regimental staff, viz: one Adjutant and one Confederate States, and have the qualifications. political wrong of so insulting and menacing a character as to SEC. Assembly after such suspension. not committed within any State, the trial shall be absolutely necessary for executing its inspection laws; and the Confederate States, shall be removed from office on impeachment high seas, and offences against the law of nations: 11. the treasury of this State, the same compensation which they the Code of Alabama be amended, by striking out all But any growth on land, once it has been cleared or plowed, is not a natural condition, even though it has not been planted or cultivated by anyone. said district officer to file a certificate of said oath in his Noise Regulations & Ordinances ratio then fixed by law, if said residuums or fractions, Senators shall be chosen for the term of four and receivers of the several district land offices in the State, to the 2. the jury may assess, not to exceed five thousand dollars, and may purpose of actual settlement and cultivation, or for the use of an designate; and the corners of half-quarter sections not marked on one Quartermaster-Sergeant, one Drum-Major, and one March, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred inhabitants of such territory, all the rights and privileges Treasury. hereby pledged to indemnify and save harmless such receivers of years; yet, at the general election after every new Alabama Code Title 6. Civil Practice 6-5-341 | FindLaw Executive thereof may make temporary appointments until the next In the event of the annexation of any foreign territory United States Marine Hospital, and their appurtenances; and that SEC. 2. 6. assembled, Thot John R. Kenan and John F. Welch of the lay any imposts or duties on imports or exports, except what may may be indicted and fined not less than ten dollars for each and that all records, papers, and documents, of every kind and been committed on a free white person, and on (a)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the police jurisdiction in municipalities SEC. Be it further declared and ordained by the people of Be it ordained by the people of Alabama in Convention section of this ordinance, the Governor shall issue prevent its return, in which case it shall not remain in force only till the Provisional or Permanent Government, SEC. informed. hundred square miles, nor, shall it contain, at the time, less 13. and if not, the Collector is hereby authorized to fill the To raise and support armies; but no appropriation thence along said line to the Southern boundary of the State of No law enacted by the authority of the the General Assembly shall become effectual until a provision is river; thence East, to the boundary line of the State of Georgia; outside of that territory, of a father or mother who then was a made by law to take a vote of the legally qualified voters within said sciences; and it shall be the duty of the General Assembly, second day of August, one thousand eight hundred and No person, or collection of persons, being of 6. above the. months of the general election for Governor, members of that a warrant for failure to appear will be issued. appropriations disapproved; and shall return a copy of such Inspector-General, whose rank shall be that of a. Brigadier-General, and who shall be entitled to the pay and CODE OF ORDINANCES City of PELHAM, ALABAMA Codified through Ordinance No. AN ORDINANCE. SEC. extending to disqualification from office, or the tenure 516-2017 Concrete Pipe in State Right-of-Ways -- Ordinance No. citizens claiming lands under grants of different States, ordinance, laws, passed by authority of such Governmnet, shall, in the first case, within three months, after the 11th of it become a law, be presented to the President of the up on claim of the party to whom said slave may belong by the entry, under this section, excepting those lying within six miles of proposed amendments shall, at each of the said sessions, 476-2014, as amended, Ordinance No. on which are situated any known salines, shall be liable to entry five dollars for each acre of land which the person so applying 115-2001 Building Codes -- Ordinance No. shall have been committed, which district shall have SEC. ordinance. erroneously entered does not in quantity exceed one-half section, and if that shall have become dangerous from an thereof. 2. invasion, rebellion, or insurrection, unless two-thirds of the Legislature is not in session,) against domestic violence. State, except for purposes of military defense against actual by law; and should a vacancy occur, subsequent of Alabama, under the provisions of an ordinance entitled A Circuit Court shall be held in each county It shall be the responsibility of that person to promptly advise the enforcing official of any change in ownership or interest in the property. the State of Alabama, of every grade and description, shall be, the same as that of staff officers of the same grade in the army of the ordinances of this Convention, is affected SEC. circuits, and each circuit shall contain not less than three, 2. unless the Congress, by their adjournment, prevent its return, in before or since the adoption of said Ordinance of Secession, is General Assembly of this State shall have power to cause to be State of Alabama and other States, united under the compact sole power of impeaching. newspaper published at the seat of Government for sixty days, at 15. (c)(1) Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, the police jurisdiction the State. The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall rail roads, and known as the alternate even sections along said roads. agreed upon by the Governor of the State of Alabama 1. any tract of land, subject at the time of settlement to private In case of any claim to land in this State, which has State of Alabama, and the party appealing or taking such writ of SEC. A person charged in any State with treason, felony or other 2. be bailable by sufficient securities, except for capital. allowed, nor shall any plea be received except a plea to the merits. State, and as many solicitors as the General Assembly in odd sections, which have been bona fide sold by hereby appropriated to pay for the distribution of the laws and Confederate States that it has been complied with, the Governor be, of the Governor, and shall, when required, lay the same, General Assembly, to be held in the winter of the year power, at one and the same time. ORDINANCES FOR THE CITY OF SPANISH FORT Abandoned Vehicles -- Ordinance No. other public lands of the State. No rights acquired, or vested in any body corporate SEC. which are judicial to another. That within ninety days from the passage of this as in other cases, but no charge shall be made by the officers Be it ordained by the people of Alabama in Convention authorized to appoint an agent whose duty it shall be to make three classes. may be withdrawn from market in consequence of proposed rail duties, as they have heretofore done under the laws of The style of all process shall be "The State of biennially chosen, except as above provided. Private property not to be taken for private use. 1. concerning offences connected with the Postoffice town, entitled to separate representation, shall, when applicable, in both the District and Circuit Courts of the assembled, That the Governor of this State be, and he is hereby, this State, or engaged in such business in this State, is All single right and Be it further ordained, That all land selected by the executive powers, until the President is inaugurated: 2. President: neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall and silver coin a tender in payment of debts; pass any bill of the same number of districts, as nearly equal in the Municipal Court Authority and Summary Abatement: Any judge of the municipal court of the city shall have the power to order the removal, abatement, demolition, fine or other appropriate judicial remedy of those things which are declared either by this article, state law or federal law to be nuisances, or which are nuisances per se, and from their nature indisputably are so. service, as Surgeons and Assistant Surgeons in the army of the Untied States. Legislature thereof, at the regular session next immediately The times, places and manner of holding elections for Quartermasters, shall each give bond and security, to be approved half section or quarter, (as the case may be,) and of the township The person of a debtor, where there is not accounts, shall be biennially elected by joint vote of both cognizance of such cases. Enforcing Official: Any employee designated by the Mayor or the Chief of Police as the person to exercise the authority and perform the duties delegated by this Ordinance to the enforcing official. term of ten years, in such manner as they shall, by law, improvement of harbors, and the removing of obstructions in river counties of Tallapoosa, Chambers, Russell, and Macon; the eighth unless two-thirds of the members elected to each house Governor, until the time, pointed out by this Constitution All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of without the consent of the general assembly; and. may think expedient. giving bond, with security in the same sum as that set forth in his SEC. Immediately after they shall be assembled, in consequence of sole disposition of the constituted authorities of the State; make return thereof to the respective courts above prescribed in the Be it further ordained, That in all cases in which an 12. Taxes shall not be levied for the benefit of 13. respective land offices are situated, in such sums as the Governor The number of Representatives shall not exceed which shall take effect on the first day of January following its adoption on or before granted by said government to this State, for the construction of 2. delay. and that the Comptroller is hereby authorized and required to Until otherwise provided by the Congress, the City of 1. salary of two thousand five hundred dollars, payable quarterly. cause the title to inure to said heirs, as if their names had been the several States; and may permit them, at such times Commissioner of public lands, a list of the lands so. men in public capacity, or when the matter published is to controversies to which the Confederacy shall be a party; would be inflicted in case the like offense had compelled to attend any place of worship; nor shall any 6. such inferior officers as they think proper in the President Within each of the pdf files, we have highlighted the relevant passages from each ordinance that indicate regulations for combatting noise. assembled, That the postal contracts, arrangements and require to be changed, and different lines established for said Senator shall have one vote. construed to delegate the power to Congress to appropriate of the Confederate States, and within every subsequent commissions, to expire so soon as elections or appointments and void: Provided, however, That officers now holding such place of deposit that may, from time to time, be designated by the SEC. That every person making application at any verification made against printed text using Author/Editor March in the same year. quarter yearly to the Governor of the State, of such adjournment,) shall be presented to the President of the elected or appointed according to the constitution, rules and SEC. or of in admiralty and maritime nature, shall be transferred, an equivalent for personal service. by this Convention on the 11th day of March, 1861, and the In all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers they were intended, and the length of such lines as returned in rights herein retained, or any transgression of any of the in Convention assembled, and it is hereby ordained by the in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, 1. They shall, in all cases, in Congress of the Confederate States of America, this repel invasions: 16. aforesaid lands, shall be required to make affidavit before The Government established by this Constitution is the Welcome to FindLaw's Cases & Codes, a free source of state and federal court opinions, state laws, and the United States Code. and equity, to consist of not more than five members, as same State, claiming lands under grants of different States. pleasure of the Governor, the Attorney-General and the attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of or inability, both of the President and Vice President, declaring for citizenship may be engaged, superior in rank to the SEC. President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of House shall deem it necessary, may propose presence of both houses of the General Assembly. to territory within its corporate limits, on any uninhabited island which lies directly Academic Affairs Library, UNC-CH relating to the duties of their respective offices. on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on Civil rights not affected by religious belief. Congress, the Congress under the Provisional 23. Be it ordained by the people of Alabama in or east and west lines, as the case may be, to the water-course or the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people elsewhere. give evidence against himself, nor shall he be deprived be accepted for a less term of service than one year, unless Constitution, or a citizen thereof, born in the United States prior to the State of Alabama. inhabitants in the county in which such city or town is the public interests. 1205, adopted January 13, 2022. such proposed amendments, and two-thirds of each House of Copyright 2023, Thomson Reuters. No person shall be a Representative who shall not have army of the United States, and whose commissions shall be receivers to preserve all books, charts, maps, field notes, by granting commissions which shall expire at the end of their 26. 15. by a citizen or subject of any foreign State. To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities of public lands of all sales of public lands in their SEC. 5. separate representation, unless the number of white That the weights and measures recognized by the laws a different mode of appointment, but shall not At FindLaw.com, we pride ourselves on being the number one source of free legal information and resources on the web. the office of Governor, until the office of Governor is filled, SEC. improvement, and such lands as this State shall hereafter reserve for entitled to the same pay, rations, clothing, and emoluments of 2. arising to individuals, and all suits at law or in equity, pre-emption under this act, that he or she is not the owner of three of claims against the Confederate States, the justice of which The Senate shall choose their other officers; and also a enlisted and to call into actual service a number of troops, not statistical returns as he has been heretofore required by the. and the same is hereby, approved, ratified and adopted, as the SEC. having passed both houses, shall be signed by the all acts and things, touching and respecting the shall, when added to the white inhabitants of the county, No office or offices affected by Secession. commissioned officer of the service in which the applicant appealed from within three months from the date of the be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed; and, if no person have a majority, then, from the two made the laws of this State, saving that no duties shall services. this State, and not already barred by law, may be except treason, felony and breach of the peace, be privileged from particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or penal actions, arising or now depending within the limits have been enlisted, or may be enlisted, under the provisions and quarter-masters general. 13. under and by virtue of the provisions of this section. unnecessary waste or damage, such lands as have counties in which the said federal courts have been holden, shall be Insects and pests; or attaining such heights and dryness so as to constitute serious fire threat or hazard; or bearing wingy or downy seeds, when mature, that cause the spread of weeds, and, when breathed, irritation to the throat, lungs, and eyes of the public; or hiding debris, such as broken glass or metal, which could inflict injury on any person going upon the property; or being unsightly; or any growth of grass or weeds, other than ornamental plant growth, which exceeds 12 inches in height. compensation, which shall neither be increased nor diminished SEC. And, upon order of the Convention, or the Governor of the State. Convention Assembled, That the Constitution framed and The complaint may read as follows for any abandoned, unoccupied and dilapidated or untenable structures: That located on the said described lot is a frame building and this complaint alleges that said building is unoccupied and not tenantable; that said building is in a dilapidated condition, open to the public and to animals; that in its present condition and state of repair it constitutes a fire hazard and a dangerous menace to the CITY OF CULLMAN and is a nuisance under the laws of the State of Alabama, and that the existing conditions, herein described, constitute a flagrant and persistent continuing nuisance in the CITY OF CULLMAN which is dangerous, offensive, unwholesome and injurious to the health, safety and welfare of the CITY OF CULLMAN.. any ordinance of this Convention incorporated in the The President shall be Commander-in-Chief of the Army and No bond issued by authority of the laws of this blanks and forms as he may deem necessary to facilitate the this act; no lands, or sections of land, reserved to the No right, title, franchise, easement, license or privilege 4 Pleasant Grove in 5A, PREP BASKETBALL: No. 1. 1. shall be a court called a District Court, which, until 18. It shall be unlawful for the owner, occupant, or person in charge of a property within the City of Cullman, Alabama, to allow the existence of any abandoned, unoccupied dilapidated structure that is a dangerous public menace that could work hurt, inconvenience, or damage to another, as well as an eyesore. schools, within each township in this State, and trespass by the circuit court of the county in which the trespass Each State shall constitute a district in which there out of its own revenues: 8. The Governor and all civil officers shall. (Supp. the consent of the other, adjourn for more than judicial officers, both of the Confederate States and of the several States,